Noise Pollution: Run Run Run, MFMachine, 8 Immortals Restaurant, Wasted Laika, No Trace, New Age of Decay Apr 22, 2021 11:30 am | Add a comment | 33 reads
Psychedelic kicks, math-rock hijinks, and grunge-filled meltdowns. it’s just another week here in Beijing as music goers head to the streets looking to connect with their unruly home the only way they know how, through music. So sweat out those demons, give your ears a vacation, and break free into the night – here’s your weekly live music update.
Friday, Apr 23
Run Run Run, Berlin Psycho Nurses 柏林护士, Future Orients 飛去來, Lur: at Yue Space
M-Lab cooks up the third session of their noise, shoegaze, and psychedelic rock festival featuring a broad range of bands with dangerously alluring sounds. The theme for this year is Noise Staring Fan and they’ve assembled some foot-stomping, mind-bending crowd-pleasers for the occasion including Changsha post-punk rabbl
Noise Pollution: Birdstriking, BoXuan, Narakam, J-Fever, Whale Circus, ReJianBeiShaShou Apr 2, 2021 2:30 pm | 1 comment | 76 reads
While Qingming Festival and Easter duke it out for our attention – wicker baskets, fire bins, and all – the music scene has other plans and could care less about who’s grave we’ll be sweeping or where your chocolate eggs are hiding. And I’m okay with that. More tunes to soak in over the long weekend, more opportunities to check out some new bands, and plenty of time to recover from whatever it was you ingested the previous night. It’s a whirlwind of a weekend – one full of reggae, noise rock, post-rock, metal, indie pop, and punk music in all shades of black. Happy holidays!
Noise Pollution: Poetry in Shorts, Hiperson, Future Orients, Endless White, Birdstriking, Bad Sweetheart Mar 11, 2021 8:30 am | 1 comment | 155 reads
With the remnants of the Two Sessions still giving most Beijingers a logistical headache, the music scene continues to show signs of life. So much so that you best start looking to snatch tickets in advance if you want the chance to check out your favorite band –I ve already have encountered numerous sold-out gigs for this weekend. And with Yue Space opening back up, and School Bar just around the corner, the city is truly getting back into the groove of things. It hasn’t been the smoothest road to normalcy so do the live music scene a favor and show your support.
Noise Pollution: sourtower, Uncle Hu, Labor Glory, Mysterain, Zhaoze, Radical Spinz Dec 17, 2020 12:19 pm | 2 comments | 217 reads
Gigs are coming in thick and fast as 2020 slowly wraps up – everything from mohawked street punk via the beaches of Qingdao to delicately layered guqin-led post-rock out of Guangzhou. My suggestion: Turn up the volume, drone out whatever hurdles the year has thrown you, and jump headfirst into the purified waters of live music here in Beijing. Here’s your weekend update.
Thursday, Dec 17
Sourtower, Lost Memory Machine at Jing-A (CBD)
Jing-A turns their CBD Taproom back bar into a cozy livehouse this winter as they look to curate intimate live shows featuring acoustic sets and gossamer pop from some of their favorite local artists. For their debut showcase, they’ve rounded up two of nugget records’ finest – sourtower, with her stoic blend of cold wave thrills, psychedelic unease, and lo-fi ind